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Top names in Pennsylvania

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Pennsylvania birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 160,302 Pennsylvania births in 1945 across 1,222 distinct names.

Distinctively Pennsylvania

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Pennsylvania more than they say America.

#100Bernadette#196 nationally
#74Nicholas#151 nationally
#76Maryann#144 nationally
#94Eric#153 nationally
#47Dolores#103 nationally
#30Barry#84 nationally
#57Marlene#110 nationally
#75Jay#125 nationally
#80Eleanor#130 nationally
#90Benjamin#140 nationally
#90Grace#139 nationally
#28Francis#76 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,658US #1
#2Carol2,879US #5
#3Barbara2,808US #3
#4Patricia2,646US #4
#5Linda2,156US #2
#6Sandra1,800US #6
#7Judith1,736US #9
#8Nancy1,692US #7
#9Susan1,315US #10
#10Margaret1,306US #15
#11Donna1,287US #17
#12Kathleen1,285US #19
#13Karen1,001US #16
#14Janet980US #20
#15Joyce945US #18
#16Joan938US #25
#17Elizabeth906US #26
#18Diane825US #22
#19Dorothy812US #21
#20Shirley806US #14
#21Betty755US #11
#22Sharon744US #8
#23Ruth723US #33
#24Judy665US #13
#25Carolyn652US #12
#26Jean631US #38
#27Bonnie620US #35
#28Jane600US #36
#29Gloria597US #23
#30Helen589US #31
#31Elaine588US #44
#32Joanne555US #53
#33Ann549US #39
#34Eileen549US #70
#35Beverly545US #37
#36Virginia543US #28
#37Frances529US #34
#38Marilyn526US #27
#39Janice501US #24
#40Catherine476US #50
#41Carole467US #51
#42Cheryl467US #32
#43Marie466US #49
#44Lois454US #48
#45Phyllis397US #40
#46Anna393US #73
#47Dolores389US #103
#48Rosemary385US #79
#49Darlene377US #71
#50Geraldine374US #56
#51Rose365US #54
#52Martha363US #30
#53Suzanne360US #68
#54Doris356US #46
#55Lorraine346US #87
#56Charlotte342US #55
#57Marlene340US #110
#58Sally337US #64
#59Alice327US #41
#60Connie327US #47
#61Kathryn323US #65
#62Diana316US #43
#63Jacqueline306US #63
#64Arlene298US #99
#65Gail290US #52
#66Rita290US #59
#67Constance288US #109
#68Theresa287US #96
#69Joann286US #80
#70Ellen282US #61
#71Christine281US #62
#72Anne269US #81
#73Louise267US #78
#74Roberta267US #75
#75Brenda259US #29
#76Maryann256US #144
#77Evelyn250US #57
#78Loretta247US #107
#79Marjorie243US #94
#80Eleanor228US #130
#81Paula228US #67
#82Dianne218US #72
#83Sarah214US #76
#84Pamela213US #42
#85Jeanne206US #98
#86Kay199US #91
#87Maureen197US #105
#88Cynthia190US #90
#89Irene189US #97
#90Grace183US #139
#91Peggy181US #45
#92Norma178US #74
#93Katherine177US #82
#94Victoria176US #106
#95Sylvia175US #83
#96Andrea170US #126
#97Rebecca170US #85
#98Sheila168US #89
#99Florence167US #140
#100Bernadette165US #196

Boys

#1John5,769US #3
#2Robert5,444US #2
#3James4,759US #1
#4William4,244US #4
#5Richard3,485US #5
#6Thomas2,849US #8
#7Joseph2,757US #14
#8David2,742US #6
#9Charles2,146US #7
#10Ronald2,041US #10
#11Michael1,826US #9
#12Edward1,629US #18
#13George1,617US #15
#14Donald1,557US #12
#15Paul1,294US #17
#16Kenneth1,140US #16
#17Dennis1,067US #19
#18Gary1,056US #13
#19Larry987US #11
#20Frank917US #21
#21Raymond773US #23
#22Daniel744US #24
#23Gerald690US #25
#24Harry679US #47
#25Anthony633US #46
#26Stephen592US #26
#27Walter580US #27
#28Francis564US #76
#29Lawrence525US #30
#30Barry515US #84
#31Carl473US #39
#32Albert454US #49
#33Eugene444US #50
#34Harold434US #28
#35Jack422US #32
#36Terry415US #33
#37Samuel406US #62
#38Louis405US #55
#39Wayne395US #35
#40Arthur384US #34
#41Bruce381US #48
#42Ralph374US #44
#43Stanley373US #59
#44Peter359US #38
#45Howard357US #54
#46Frederick354US #77
#47Henry346US #37
#48Roger344US #22
#49Leonard332US #57
#50Fred321US #51
#51Dale309US #61
#52Alan301US #52
#53Andrew293US #86
#54Philip285US #58
#55Norman270US #65
#56Russell269US #64
#57Douglas263US #29
#58Earl261US #71
#59Bernard254US #98
#60Jerry246US #20
#61Roy246US #40
#62Glenn233US #93
#63Theodore233US #101
#64Vincent233US #110
#65Patrick230US #63
#66Mark225US #72
#67Jeffrey223US #91
#68Ernest219US #60
#69Steven215US #43
#70Timothy214US #70
#71Martin212US #90
#72Allen196US #74
#73Alfred192US #88
#74Nicholas184US #151
#75Jay178US #125
#76Melvin177US #78
#77Clarence166US #82
#78Lee163US #87
#79Victor160US #95
#80Leroy157US #83
#81Edwin156US #117
#82Ray151US #92
#83Gregory143US #96
#84Warren142US #106
#85Herbert138US #94
#86Jerome138US #122
#87Lewis132US #123
#88Marvin130US #80
#89Leon127US #111
#90Benjamin123US #140
#91Lester119US #131
#92Lloyd119US #103
#93Rodney118US #105
#94Eric117US #153
#95Franklin116US #119
#96Harvey113US #116
#97Leslie110US #115
#98Keith106US #108
#99Joel105US #135
#100Jon104US #112

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑28Rosemary#48
↑19Diana#62
↑13Dianne#82
↑11Jane#28
↑10Jeffrey#67
↑9Darlene#49
↑9Paula#81
↑8Christine#71

Falling

↓17Florence#99
↓16Carole#41
↓13Alice#59
↓13Peggy#91
↓11Rita#66
↓10Marie#43
↓10Joann#69
↓10Maryann#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.